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Course 1. Working with and Training Senior Peer Activity Motivators

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Target audience

These courses are designed for health and other professionals who work to promote physical activity with older people (e.g. Health improvement managers in PCTs, development officers in local authority leisure and social services, non governmental organisations, the residential and care sector, housing wardens and exercise and health co-ordinators).

This one day course is for those who wish to develop their understanding of the concept of senior peer mentoring and experience of working with volunteers and who wish to undertake their own specific local training of Senior Peer Activity Motivators with a specific focus upon physical activity.

Description of course
A one-day programme - 9.30 – 4.00 with a maximum of 24 participants.

Session A : An introduction to planning a Senior Peer Activity Motivator Training Programme - What is it all about ?

Session B: Developing communications skills, listening and talking and understanding the barriers to physical activity

Session C : Physical Activity Matters - Providing information about physical activity

Session D : The next steps - Putting mentoring into practice, action planning and evaluation

All participants will be provided with training resources for their own use with Senior Peer Activity Motivators.

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